Writer Milt Banta is born in London, England. His Disney credits include the features Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, and Alice in Wonderland, and episodes of the television series Wonderful World of Disney.

born in Harbor City, California. Her Disney credits also include Madame Leota in the 2003 live-action

The Haunted Mansion and the voice of Grace in the 2004 animated Home on the Range.

1963:

Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Richard Marx is born in Winnetka, Illinois. His song "Remember When" (performed by LeAnn Rimes) was composed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of

Disneyland. Disney's 2006 Bambi II features his song "Through Your Eyes." In 2009 Marx and his band

performed at Epcot as part of the Eat to the Beat Concert Series during the International Food & Wine Festival.

(Marx had a string of hit singles in the late 1980s and 1990s, including "Endless Summer Nights", "Right Here

Waiting", "Now and Forever", and "Hazard".)

1979:

Disney's Wonderful World airs part 2 of "The Absent-Minded Professor."

1993:

The Disneyana Convention 1993 kicks off for 4 days at the Disneyland Hotel in Anaheim, California.

2001:

"Walt: The Man Behind the Myth," a TV special about Walt Disney, airs as part of The Wonderful World of Disney on ABC. Narrated by Dick Van Dyke, the 2-hour show features interviews with some of the people who knew Walt best.

"Handy Manny," a new animated series for preschoolers, debuts on Disney Channel's Playhouse Disney. Actor Wilmer Valderrama (best known from the hit series That 70's Show) stars in the title role of Manny Garcia, a cheerful handyman.

Also reissued on this day is the soundtrack to the animated feature Dumbo. This disc features an instrumental version of "Spread Your Wings" performed by composer Oliver Wallace (who wrote a majority of the film's music).

1992:

Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas, the youngest member of the Jonas Brothers trio, is

born in Dallas, Texas. At the age of 6 he was discovered while singing at a barber shop and

referred to a professional show business manager. The following year, Jonas began performing on Broadway

- which in 2002 included a stint as Chip in Disney's Beauty and the Beast.

2008:

Disney World formally reveals plans for its Bay Lake Tower at Disney World's

Disney’s Art of Animation Resort, a new Disney Value Resort under construction at

Walt Disney World.

2011:

Marceline, a film by Andy Neitzert, screens at the Uptown Theater in Marceline, Missouri, as part of the town's Walt Disney's Hometown Toonfest weekend. The documentary explores the ways in which the north-central Missouri town’s narrative and the story of Walt

Disney himself converge. Marceline will play again on Sunday the 18th.

Halloween Time at Disneyland Resort begins. The spirit of Halloween Time

invades Disneyland Resort with Disney villains, Mickey Mouse and his friends in Halloween

costumes, along with the seasonal transformations of Haunted Mansion into Haunted Mansion

Holiday and Space Mountain into Space Mountain Ghost Galaxy.

Disney’s Newsies, the Musical premieres at Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, New York. Jeremy Jordan (who recently made his Broadway debut in Rock of Ages) stars in this stage version of the 1992 Disney film about the notable newsboys strike of 1899 in New York City. Eight-time Academy Award-winning composer Alan Menken, who wrote the songs for the original movie, was brought back to pen additional songs for the score.

"Abraham Lincoln lost that election of 1858, but in losing he won. For the people couldn't forget this plain-spoken man from the prairie, and two years later they sent him to the White House."

-Lawrence Dobkin (The Hall of Presidents)

1991:

Three weeks after "Here Come the Muppets" closes, another stage show called

"Muppets on Location" opens on a stage near the "Muppet*Vision 3-D Theater"

at Disney-MGM Studios. The show features human-sized walkaround versions of the characters.